Jenny McCarthy

By kotas_mom Autism can be healed? like scraping your knee? I have to get off this board for a while because I'm getting angrier with every post I read. How ridiculous she is.

By kotas_mom Autism can present with Mental retardation. They are not mutally exclusive. My son who is not mentally retarded was given a vineland assesment, which in a nutshell says, he has higher intelligence but functions much like a child with a diagnosis of Mental Retardation does because of his Au...

By jillise iam 39 years old and live in canada, i have a 7 yearold girl who is autistic. She was diagonostic in November of 2008. I was originally getting her checked for ADHD, but the doctor said she has a mild case of Autistic Spectrum Disorder. She is so mild that people think she is a normal child with beha...

By shelbyskye Please don't cry lalavibes, Denis Leary is a comedian who gets his laughs with offensive humor. I mean he has an album called "No Cure For Cancer" for crying out loud. If an expert or doctor called autistics semi retarded I would be offended...but not from a comedian who is trying to be controvers...

By lalavibes To all parents of Autistic Children....please do not read Denis Leary's book Why We Suck....he refers to Autistic Children as being 'semi-retarded'....It is too offensive for me to continue....I cannot stop crying....

By autisminfo I wish I had joined Oprah's site when this was live.

By shelbyskye 1pepita: She did mention a book but I've forgotten the title, and she also mentioned a "Hollywood Mom" who was the one who started her on the whole "vaccines cause autism" crusade. She didn't name her but I believe it was most likely Holly Robinson.

By 1pepita My son was diagnosed with autism accompanied with a severe seizure disorder. The question of "what would I do" seems a little ridiculous to me. You do what you have to for your child. I don't view autism as a disease, I agree it is about understanding that not everyone fits into a nice little pack...

By paminadog Help me to understand how you define "cure autism". I have consulted several respected individuals in the world of autism for over eight years now in finding the proper treatment for my children, and everyone I have spoken to has said there is NO CURE for autism. You can rewire some of the beha...

By lindainoz Hi Jenny and Holly, Holly - you mentioned that your son was premature and a twin, so rather small at birth and perhaps some children have pre-disposing factors which may influence the later development of autism following vaccination.

By beingm Jenny, I am coming to the ANE on line study late, so others might have already said these things here, but I just had to pause the stream (I'm in chapter 4) because I was so moved by HOW REAL you were sweet lady when you shared your feelings of guilt related to your precious son Evan. We as women hav...

By mylazarus my son will be turning 5 in august. being a young first time mother I wasn't well informed about the usual pace or time a child should develop. By age one i knew things weren't quiet right, but I was assured not to worry every child will do things in their own time, I wasn't convinced but after all t...

By maryhaayem My name is Mary, I live in Sydney Australia. I watched Oprah today and cryed. I am a Kinesiologist and also I am studying to be a nutritionist. I am so passionate about Autism. I have a 7 year old son Callum who was born 3 months premature. He was very sick as a baby, suffered with alot of gut issues. I did...

By chalyse99 I'm in Australia and only saw the last 15min of Oprah's show with you today [May 06, 2008]. My two month old daughter was given MMR by mistake on April 21. I was aware of the debate about the link between autism and MMR and went against my gut instinct with my two older children, a daughter 9 and a so...

By m1d2h3u4r5 hi jenny

By estrella77 First let me say that I owe you a big apology. I used to have a negative opinion of you, and because of that, I never followed your career any further than your MTV hosting gig. I considered you to be nothing more than a dumb blonde bimbo who could NEVER carry on an intelligent conversation, let al...

By spellaner Dear Jenny, About 1 1/2 years ago I created a bookclub with friends of mine, and we now have 13 members. It is a very relaxed club, as we are all mothers and very busy. It really was meant to just get us together for dinner and girl talk. The rule was, you didn't even have to read the book! Just come and...

By bridget36 I want to commend both Jenny and Holly for having the courage and determination to shed light on the world of autism. I have three sons with autism:a 5 year old and identical twins that are 3 1/2 years old. I decided instead of becoming depressed, I would reach out to others so I founded a non prof...

By jys175 Are we allowed to learn from our mistakes when it comes to trusting Medical Doctors? My great grandmother died in the 1920's after being given an immunization for Yellow Fever. After thousands of people died, the doctors said that vaccines were once again safe. Then, my father received a va...

By carrielope My name is Carrie Lopez . I live in Colorado . Our resourses here are limited. Colorado is 49 out of 50 for autisum. My nine year old son, Tony, has Aspergers Syndrome. HE has had no help what so ever I am at a stand still. He was going to a therapist who put him on drugs and called it a day . The drugs would mak...

By rubyhema Thank u for your wonderful show. I also have to thank Ophra for picking these important issuses to talk about. My name is Rabab from Egypt, I am a 37yr mum of 3 wonderful kids. My middle child Ibrahim is a bright 11yr boy with Autism. I only saw your show tonight, so I hope it's not too late for writing....

By ahopkins24 Hi Jenny and Holly---I can't even tell you how much the show impacted me. I, too, have had that nagging concern when it came time to vaccinate and with every milestone checkup brought this up with my pediatrition again. I have been completely dismissed, as the pediatrition walked out and sen...

By nadsaj Hi. My name is Nadia and I too have a son diagnosed with autism. He just turned 3 last month and I have been trying everything I can to help him. I also only read books on "curing" autism. Could you please let me in on some of the things you have done to help your boy. I have had my son on a GF/CF diet since Ju...